Bakufu (
Casting Sequence[]
To cast Bakufu, the user extends their index and middle fingers into a spear shape and points toward the target. Before or while doing so, they must state the target's name, followed by the title of the spell.
Restrictions[]
- Similar to borderlines, Bakufu can become ineffective depending on the mental state of the user and their power dynamics with the target.[1]
- The wielder must know the target's name(s) in order for it to take effect.[1]
- It is implied that if the target is a stray, then the user must recite all of the target's names[2] - saying only one name causes Bakufu to fail.[3]
- Either the caster[1] or a third party[4] can release the spell by saying the target's name.
Usages[]
- It is first used by Kazuma to stop Hiyori from fleeing.[5]
- The Stray uses it on Kuraha to help Yato, though this occurs in the anime only.[6]
- Kazuma uses it on Aiha and Kugaha, although the latter case fails since he is unaware that Kugaha is a stray.[3]
- Kazuma uses it on Yukine while training,[1] but eventually Yukine is able to block it using a borderline.[7]
- Off-screen, Yukine practices the spell on Kuraha, only succeeding after imagining him as a small cat rather than a lion.[8]
- Kugaha uses it on Hiyori.[4][9]
- Yukine attempts to use it on Kugaha, but fails since he does not know Kugaha's current name, Edachi.[10][9]
- In the manga, Ōshi attempts to use Bakufu on Kazuma, but fails since he does not consider himself subordinate to her.[4] In the anime, Kazuma successfully uses it on Ōshi, then releases her moments later.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chapter 28: Do and Due (Vol 7)
- ↑ Chapter 39: Until Now and From Now On (Vol 10)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 17: In Search of a Place to Go (Vol 5)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 33: Wielder of an Iron Will (Vol 9)
- ↑ Chapter 9: Abominable Creature (Vol 3)
- ↑ Episode 6: Scary Person
- ↑ Chapter 30: The Sound of Thread Snapping (Vol 8)
- ↑ Chapter 31: Like Parent, Like Child (Vol 8)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Aragoto Episode 11: Revival
- ↑ Chapter 34: Such Were Their Desires (Vol 9)